Staten Island Yankees continue rolling as they beat State College Spikes

It just doesn’t seem to matter what the rest of the New York-Penn League throws at

Staten Island Advance/Derek AlvezCasey Stevenson had four RBI for the Yankees in their 6-4 win against the State College Spikes.

the Staten Island Yankees - the Baby Bombers simply refuse to lose.

They’ve dominated at home, on the road, in one-run games, in extra innings, in slugfests and in pitching duels.

Now, you can add another category to the list as the Yanks improved their absurd 2011 record to 21-4 with a 6-4 victory over the visiting State College Spikes in a Thursday morning contest at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark.

"It was a little strange coming off the game last night and going right back to work in the morning," said Yankee super-utility man Casey Stevenson, who has been wielding the hottest bat on what could very possibly the hottest team on the planet. "And the game moved kind of slow in the early going so it was a little difficult trying to get into the flow. But we got into things and went about our business."

Yankee starter Bryan Mitchell had control issues in his 3 1/3 innings of work as the right-hander walked four and allowed four runs (two earned).

The Yankee batters touched Spikes’ starter Zack Dodson for six hits and four runs in three frames as the contest took over two hours to complete the first five innings.

The Bombers led 6-4 into the sixth thanks to the bat of Stevenson, who singled home a run in the first, blasted a two-run homer over the right-field wall in the third, and laced an RBI single up the middle in the fifth.

"When spring training camp broke, the Yankees kept me there for an extended period instead of sending me out to a full-season team," said Stevenson, who is 6 for 8 with six RBI, two home runs and four runs scored in his last two games to raise his batting average to .338. "They had me playing all over the field so I got comfortable at each position. I’ve played every position with this team except catcher and center and I’m enjoying it. I’m seeing the ball really well at the plate and not swinging at bad pitches (12 walks and just 11 strikeouts). The team is going great, so all is well."

When the Yanks got the lead, they did what they have done all season _ turned it over to the best bullpen in the league.

Mike Recchia (third win), Fred Lewis, Phil Wetherell, and closer Branden Pinder (seventh save) shut the Spikes down on one hit over the final 5 2/3 innings as the Yanks completed the first third of the season with just four losses and will look to complete a three-game sweep of the Spikes Friday night at RCBB.

"We are just playing with so much confidence right now that we feel we should win every time out," Stevenson added. "And even when we’re behind, we know our pitchers are going to keep us in the game until we get it going."